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Everything began with the Tesla Roadster showing that you could build an attractive all-electric car. That was in 2008. There is no way anyone could seriously
by FullyFunctional 7y ago
Everything began with the Tesla Roadster showing that you could build an attractive all-electric car. That was in 2008. There is no way anyone could seriously claim that was an evolution of the hybrid lackluster NiMH Toyota Prius.
ADD: what actually begat the Roadster was AC Propulsion’s 2003 Tzero [1], a company which can be traced back to the famous EV1 (of “Who Killed The Electric Car”).
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero
- techslave 7y ago> Everything began with the Tesla Roadster showing that you could build an attractive all-electric car. no. the car mfrs already knew you could build such a thing. the reason they didn’t is they had no reason to build a loss leader product.
- FullyFunctional 7y agoAnd thus Tesla created the reason